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Lime slurry pollution at Penick and Ford plant continues
The Cedar Rapids area reports lime slurry waste from Penick and Ford is being discharged into the Cedar River after a mechanical failure in the slurry pump. Officials say the flow will continue for about six weeks until a replacement pump arrives and tests will gauge toxicity levels.
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C.M. Widmer
Meaney
Citizen Times
Donald Canney
Penick and Ford
Mr. Meaney
Penick
Ford
Sime
Penick and
Cedar River
Widmer
L. Boudreaux
Canney
State Department of Health
Des Moines
Iowa Water Pollution Control Commission
Waterloo
Iowa Public Health Commission
Cedar Rapids
L. ‘Boudreaux
O. McMurray
Iowa Natural Resources Council